Barrowburn reel

Also known as Barrel Burn, Barrow Burn, The Barrow Burn, The Barrowburn.

There are 24 recordings of a tune by this name.

Barrowburn has been added to 227 tunebooks.

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Two settings

X: 1
T: Barrowburn
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FE|~D2DE FAAd | ~B2BA BddB | ~A2AB d2de | fedB AFEF |
~D2DE FAAd | ~B2BA Bdde | f2af e2fe | dBAB d2:||
cd|~e2ef ecBA | ~f2fg fdBA | ~g2ga gecA | a2ag f2ef |
g2ga gecA | a2ag f2ef | g2ag f2ed | dBAB d2:||
X: 2
T: Barrowburn
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:D2ED FA~A2|ABBA BcdB|AFAB d3e|fedB AFEA|
D2ED FA~A2|ABBA Bcde|fagf egfe|1 dBAB dBAF:|2 dBAB d2cd||
|:e2ef ecBA|f2fg fdBA|g2ga gecA|a2ag f2ef|
g2ga gecA|a2ag f2ef|g2ag f2ed|1 dBAB d2cd:|2 dBAB dBAF||

Eight comments

Up, Up & Away

The B part of this tune is great, it just keeps going up. The A part is not too bad either. The liner notes from M

Barrowburn Reel

I have been looking for this reel for six months! Thank you for having it on your site.

Barrowburn Reel

This is a great tune from late Addie from Caithness. It’s a pretty well known tune all over Scotland I think.

Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh has the A-part slightly different on his CD:

|:D2ED FA~A2|ABBA BcdB|AFAB d3e|fedB AFEA|
D2ED FA~A2|ABBA Bcde|fagf egfe|1 dBAB dBAF:|2 dBAB d2cd||
|:e2ef ecBA|f2fg fdBA|g2ga gecA|a2ag f2ef|
g2ga gecA|a2ag f2ef|g2ag f2ed|1 dBAB d2cd:|2 dBAB dBAF||

Another recording

this is on the kathryn tickell band album, but there is no link to it. she plays it with just the crotchets in the first bar and stops in between them and it is really effective

I just keep liking this tune more and more. It’s one of my favorites to play on the fiddle. It gets played after "The Wind the Shakes the Barley" at the local session.

Nice groovy 1st part: 2nd part’s a drag.

composer

by Addie Harper, I believe.